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and as you know, a fewew blocks away at the white house, president obama met today with top congressional leaders about working together on that looming fiscal cliff. everyone emerged saying the meeting was, quote, constructive. bipartisan. house minority leader nancy pelosi, who sat down with abc's martha raddatz, said she's confident a solution is within reach. >> one of everybody wants to make the best effort to get this done. hopefully that is possible. hopefully it is possible by the middle of december, so the confidence of the markets and most importantly, the confidence of the consumers, returns to infuse our economy with demand, which creates jobs. >> and we will see more of nancy pelosi and martha when martha sits in for george stephanopoulos sunday morning, hosting "this week." >>> and tonight, a town in west texas is grieving. it was supposed to be a celebration of veterans but that turned into a tragedy when the freight train smashed into a parade float. the parade float was stuck on the tracks in midland, texas, and then a screen described as a war zone, when heroes of war be
and as you know, a fewew blocks away at the white house, president obama met today with top congressional leaders about working together on that looming fiscal cliff. everyone emerged saying the meeting was, quote, constructive. bipartisan. house minority leader nancy pelosi, who sat down with abc's martha raddatz, said she's confident a solution is within reach. >> one of everybody wants to make the best effort to get this done. hopefully that is possible. hopefully it is possible by the...
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chief white house correspondent ed henry is live with details. good evening, ed. >> tonight we have new details of exactly what treasury secretary geithner laid out to republicans in the big meeting earlier today is. the republican aides tell mike emanuel there was a lot of detail about the new tax increases. $1.6 trillion in new tax increases from the new rate, capital gain, dividends as well. new spending, starting with $50 billion next year. the white house is countering that is leftover stuff from the president american jobs act. not really spending. nonetheless, the republican aides on the hill saying this is a nonstarter to them. white house aide i just spoke to said that this is not new. this is the president's original budget framework going to september of 2011. they say inside the white house tonight the real problem is the republicans will not give in on new tax increases for the rich. so tonight we're still hopelessly deadlocked. >> optimism faded as tim geithner arrived on the hill ahead of christmas without bearing gifts. the specif
chief white house correspondent ed henry is live with details. good evening, ed. >> tonight we have new details of exactly what treasury secretary geithner laid out to republicans in the big meeting earlier today is. the republican aides tell mike emanuel there was a lot of detail about the new tax increases. $1.6 trillion in new tax increases from the new rate, capital gain, dividends as well. new spending, starting with $50 billion next year. the white house is countering that is...
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we thought that the obama white house would move quickly to seal off any opportunity for the u.s. attorney to do the right thing and actually go pursue this in the criminal court. but at the same time, so we had foreshadowed that and that is why we had a second vote give, the house the authorization to do that. even more democrats piled on top of that one and that is what we are pursuing. >> greta: what is your explanation for why the subpoena is not complied with? the attorney general and the team over at d.o.j. says there is nothing in the documents which, of course, the next question if there is nothing in it why don't you you turn it over except if it is part of an investigation unless is it is part of a grudge maybe they think that congress is being too pushy and overstepping its tort. what is your working theory as to why it has gotten to this and why the documents have not been surrendered? >> a bit more of a theory at this point. greta, i do believe that what we would see within the documents is a concerted effort to obstruct congress. obstruction of congress in our work i
we thought that the obama white house would move quickly to seal off any opportunity for the u.s. attorney to do the right thing and actually go pursue this in the criminal court. but at the same time, so we had foreshadowed that and that is why we had a second vote give, the house the authorization to do that. even more democrats piled on top of that one and that is what we are pursuing. >> greta: what is your explanation for why the subpoena is not complied with? the attorney general...
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obama white the like palestinians that he spoke very eloquently. he did not mention the palestinians. >> my answer is yes, i believe that the president is fully committed at a palestinian state. yes said that many times. president bush said the same thing many times. i believe it is the united states policy. i do not accept the argument made by many in the region that the united states is incapable of serving as an arbiter our mediator for the intervening party. it is so biased. its history that the united states and israel are close. we are committed in to israel's security and existence behind secure borders. it is precisely because we believe that is real security will be enhanced by an agreement that we think that there ought to be a palestinian state along with the belief that the palestinian people are entitled to self governance as are people everywhere, as our declaration of independence states. the united states or did i cannot speak for the president's -- i believe that he is fully committed to a palestinian state. >> looking ahead to the
obama white the like palestinians that he spoke very eloquently. he did not mention the palestinians. >> my answer is yes, i believe that the president is fully committed at a palestinian state. yes said that many times. president bush said the same thing many times. i believe it is the united states policy. i do not accept the argument made by many in the region that the united states is incapable of serving as an arbiter our mediator for the intervening party. it is so biased. its...
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the white house calls it a coincidence, president obama today through whole lot of your money at israel as likely challenger mitt romney heads to the jewish state during his first foreign policy trip. here is senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler. >> the bill the president signs amounts to a u.s. guarantee that israel will always be militarily superior to its neighbors. >> everybody understands how committed all of us are, republicans and democrats, as americans to our friends in israel. >> the bill provides a $70 million expansion of the iron dome missile defense system already protecting israel from hezbollah rockets. it commits the u.s. to support israeli-palestinian peace talks, but makes it official u.s. policy to deny palestinian refugees the right of return by affirming our commitment to israel as a jewish state. aides traveling with mitt romney welcomed the legislation but said, quote, unfortunately, this bill does nothing to address yesterday's evasiveness from the white house on whether president obama recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. whi
the white house calls it a coincidence, president obama today through whole lot of your money at israel as likely challenger mitt romney heads to the jewish state during his first foreign policy trip. here is senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler. >> the bill the president signs amounts to a u.s. guarantee that israel will always be militarily superior to its neighbors. >> everybody understands how committed all of us are, republicans and democrats, as...
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thanks from the white house. president obama won reelection on a promise to raise taxes on high earners as a plan to raise our massive debt. republicans say they agree with the goal, but want to do it a different way than the president. jim angle tonight on their alternative. >> president obama wants to take money from wealthy taxpayers, republicans say they're willing to raise revenues, but not tax rates. and that leaves ample middle ground that could satisfy both, putting a cap on the amount of deductions any one person could claim, such as $50,000. >> that means the maximum number of deductions you can take is $50,000, you can take it for anything you want, but you can't take more than 50,000. >> the tax policy in washington found that would raise 750 billion dollars in revenue over ten years, accomplishing mr. obama's goal of getting more money from the wealthy. >> nearly all of it would come from high income people. remember that about 70% of people don't itemize at all. >> so, mitt romney once proposed the
thanks from the white house. president obama won reelection on a promise to raise taxes on high earners as a plan to raise our massive debt. republicans say they agree with the goal, but want to do it a different way than the president. jim angle tonight on their alternative. >> president obama wants to take money from wealthy taxpayers, republicans say they're willing to raise revenues, but not tax rates. and that leaves ample middle ground that could satisfy both, putting a cap on the...
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is the obama white house involved in a coverup? >> i think the scent of a cov r coverup is strong now. the documents being withheld here, i don't think there is any evidence by the way, this is not an executive privilege claim being made because there is presidential communications which is where the strongest privilege lies are involved here. this is about internal justice deliberations that so far as we no don't involve the president or the white house. and what the justice department is saying is hey look, we got to have confidentialallity he e here. we can't have congress snooping in our internal deliberations. the courts recognized some privilege in that area but not much and i think it is frivolous claim. there was a false letter sent here and evidence of coverup and the committee is trying to get to the bottom to see who said what to whom and when and what the process was. this is the kind of thing that investigating committees in congress are entitled to are eck eastboundtive agencies which are creatures congress. created b
is the obama white house involved in a coverup? >> i think the scent of a cov r coverup is strong now. the documents being withheld here, i don't think there is any evidence by the way, this is not an executive privilege claim being made because there is presidential communications which is where the strongest privilege lies are involved here. this is about internal justice deliberations that so far as we no don't involve the president or the white house. and what the justice department...
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faced when president clinton was in the white house. president clinton's record speaks for itself. >> republicans charge the current president is trying to piggyback on a better record. >> president clinton presided over economic propersty and it may remind people of what president obama is not. a leader on the economy. >> some of the presumptive nominee romney former rivals say the move may backfire. >> that will be a terrific opportunity for those of us who served with president clinton to point out that barack obama is no bill clinton. >> white house officials and former clinton aides beg to differ and say perhaps nobody in the democratic party is better at framing the arguments. >> i think it's a shrewd move by the obama campaign to tee up their convention. they will come out of the republican convention and president clinton will draw clear contrast. >> regardless of who is making that case, the biglicious be a sluggish economy. which top obama aides now admit the president owns. >> he understands where the buck stops. we also unde
faced when president clinton was in the white house. president clinton's record speaks for itself. >> republicans charge the current president is trying to piggyback on a better record. >> president clinton presided over economic propersty and it may remind people of what president obama is not. a leader on the economy. >> some of the presumptive nominee romney former rivals say the move may backfire. >> that will be a terrific opportunity for those of us who served with...
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voters with the obama campaign? and remember, last time former president clinton went out he started by saying we should keep going with all of the bush tax cuts. >> right. it's a sign of weakness. he wouldn't be calling on the old heavyweight to come out of retirement unless obama thought if he was ahead by ten points or five, having successful economy. he wouldn't ask them to come out. this is mostly special democratic politics. if there were a large number of diseffected hillary acolite that went for obama in the general election, 2008, a largeer number today after the performance of the last four years. thinking how it would have been had hillary been the tom knee and then the president. a way to shore up those votes. i don't think it has appeal outside the democratic party. after all, clinton is not like obama. clinston a guy who -- clinton who declared big government is over. obama lives by decree if you built it, it wasn't you, it was the government. completely different. center left democrat and man of the l
voters with the obama campaign? and remember, last time former president clinton went out he started by saying we should keep going with all of the bush tax cuts. >> right. it's a sign of weakness. he wouldn't be calling on the old heavyweight to come out of retirement unless obama thought if he was ahead by ten points or five, having successful economy. he wouldn't ask them to come out. this is mostly special democratic politics. if there were a large number of diseffected hillary...
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the white house says the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called president obama today to update him on the fighting with gaza. the israelis report they've launched more than 600 air strikes in gaza since the military operations began. while hamas has hit israel with nearly 400 rockets, mortars and missiles. israel reporting about a quarter of those landed today alone. the white house reports netanyahu thanked the president for america's investment in israel's iron dome defense system that targets incoming rockets. netanyahu saying that system has saved countless israeli lives. the leaders also reportedly talked about ways to end the latest eruption of violence. this killed at least 30 people so far. in the past, the west has looked to egypt to try to calm tensions between the israelis and palestinians. but this time with a new regime in egypt, things could be a little more complicated and more difficult. the fox report's chief correspondent, jonathan hunt live at the united nations tonight. egypt's words and actions are crucial here. >> yeah. absolutely because egypt is one of t
the white house says the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called president obama today to update him on the fighting with gaza. the israelis report they've launched more than 600 air strikes in gaza since the military operations began. while hamas has hit israel with nearly 400 rockets, mortars and missiles. israel reporting about a quarter of those landed today alone. the white house reports netanyahu thanked the president for america's investment in israel's iron dome defense system...
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during a service in the obama white house, his door has always been open to us and he has been generous in sharing his time, his we'll of understanding and his insights. please join me in welcoming white house senior director for middle east and north africa, steve simon. [ applause ] >> steve's introduction remind me of something i used to say before i came into government when i was asked about the arab spring which was -- since i didn't see it coming, how do i know where it's going? i still feel like that a lot
during a service in the obama white house, his door has always been open to us and he has been generous in sharing his time, his we'll of understanding and his insights. please join me in welcoming white house senior director for middle east and north africa, steve simon. [ applause ] >> steve's introduction remind me of something i used to say before i came into government when i was asked about the arab spring which was -- since i didn't see it coming, how do i know where it's going? i...
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obama won the vote but cantor thought he unified and energized the losers. not only had obama missed an opportunity to work with republicans, he had pushed them away, republicans grumbled. squandered opportunity to work across the aisle. bret? >> bret: jim, thank you. let's get some thoughts now from syndicated columnist charles krauthammer who is also in washington tonight. good evening, charles. i want to start with this god and jerusalem platform deal. is this going to linger beyond this convention week? >> thanks to the vast majority of democrats, no. but is there is a very important involved pro-israel constituency that i think has had its eyes open. number one, the fact that this could actually be dropped. support of israel position on jerusalem from the platform, in the first place. second, the visual of the strong opposition to restoring it in the democratic party, as could be seen on the floor. the booing when that was finally incorporated. i think that will leave an impression, and i think it will leave the impression that the democratic party unde
obama won the vote but cantor thought he unified and energized the losers. not only had obama missed an opportunity to work with republicans, he had pushed them away, republicans grumbled. squandered opportunity to work across the aisle. bret? >> bret: jim, thank you. let's get some thoughts now from syndicated columnist charles krauthammer who is also in washington tonight. good evening, charles. i want to start with this god and jerusalem platform deal. is this going to linger beyond...
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michelle obama and obama will celebrate with feeder at the white house. >>> it's not that the wind is blowing during a tornado, it's what it's blowing. in one case in ohio, it's what one woman discovered after a tornado that took her breath away. >>> live at camden yards. what happened when the red sox were in town when good morning maryland continues. >>> let's take a live look at the inner harbor in a couple of hours, it will be opening day, today, april 6th, good morning. we are waking up to an ohio woman where a woman discovered a check written in 19el 2 that was blown 17 oh miles from southern indiana after last month's tornado. two families found items belonging to the same couple in indiana. donna steven whose found the check is trying to find a couple who lost the check. it was amazing. >>> we are not dealing with severe weather for today. check out where we are dealing with the wet weather. it's to the south of us, along the carolinas, staying to the south of us. we are going to be dry again, it's going to be a fabulous friday on tap for us. satellite and radar, not picking u
michelle obama and obama will celebrate with feeder at the white house. >>> it's not that the wind is blowing during a tornado, it's what it's blowing. in one case in ohio, it's what one woman discovered after a tornado that took her breath away. >>> live at camden yards. what happened when the red sox were in town when good morning maryland continues. >>> let's take a live look at the inner harbor in a couple of hours, it will be opening day, today, april 6th, good...
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obama welcome to military families to the white house for this season's first u.s. of holiday decorations. the theme is the way to all. the white house christmas tree is decorated by children living on u.s. military bases around the world. the first lady's remarks are about 15 minutes. > [applause] >> hi, everyone. welcome to the white house. prequel, hu? yeah. let me start by thanking jennifer for that lovely introduction and to welcome her family here as well. her father and her husband. we are so grateful for your service and glad you could be here. thank you, jennifer, for everything that you and your family have done for this country and what you have done to make this house as beautiful as it is. as first lady, you know that i have had the privilege of traveling across this country. one of the best things i get to do is to meet with all of the wonderful military families, like jennifer's family and your families. it is an honor to host you all here today at the white house. yeah. the cool house. i like it. i have said this many times before. i will say it agai
obama welcome to military families to the white house for this season's first u.s. of holiday decorations. the theme is the way to all. the white house christmas tree is decorated by children living on u.s. military bases around the world. the first lady's remarks are about 15 minutes. > [applause] >> hi, everyone. welcome to the white house. prequel, hu? yeah. let me start by thanking jennifer for that lovely introduction and to welcome her family here as well. her father and her...
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she said the white house hasn't changed her husband's character or convictions. i love that we can trust brought to do what he says he's going to do even when it's hard it is best when it's hard. she praised her husband's health care reform law. >>> he didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically that's not hit and how he was raised. he care that it was the right thing to do. >>> brought her speech the first lady work demands voters that her husband understands the struggles of the middle-class. brock knows the american dream because he is live did. and he wants everyone in this country and to have the same opportunity matter who we are or where were from or what we look like or who we love. >>> president obama's watched his wife speech with their two daughters. women would make a difference in as close race and the first lady made a direct appeal to them. >>> he believes that there more than capable of making and choices about our bodies and our health care. that's what my husband stands for. >>> the first lady asked voters to come together behind
she said the white house hasn't changed her husband's character or convictions. i love that we can trust brought to do what he says he's going to do even when it's hard it is best when it's hard. she praised her husband's health care reform law. >>> he didn't care whether it was the easy thing to do politically that's not hit and how he was raised. he care that it was the right thing to do. >>> brought her speech the first lady work demands voters that her husband understands...
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that offers a new challenge to the united states, to the obama white house, as we move forward with president-elect morsi, a member of the muslim brotherhood, a hard-line islamist, now in charge of egypt. we will hear more throughout the hour, on this historic day that will certainly usher in new policy, perhaps troubling policies in the middle-east. thank you so much. >> jamie: back here at home, new developments in the escalating showdown of an investigation into operation fast & furious. the controversy putting the spotlighto attorney general eric holder, a top republican leading the investigation saying he expects a full house vote to eric holderrener contempt of congress. but he's willing to make a deal. james rosen is live in washington. james, what would that look like? >> reporter: it would look like documents being turned over. but by no means is it clear that there will be such a deal. darrell ice athe republican chairman of the house oversight and government committee, probing the fast & furious case, saying that it doesn't see any evidence that the obama white house was involved in the
that offers a new challenge to the united states, to the obama white house, as we move forward with president-elect morsi, a member of the muslim brotherhood, a hard-line islamist, now in charge of egypt. we will hear more throughout the hour, on this historic day that will certainly usher in new policy, perhaps troubling policies in the middle-east. thank you so much. >> jamie: back here at home, new developments in the escalating showdown of an investigation into operation fast &...
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if you look back at the numbers, 41 percent of white males voted for obama. so the charge of racism has been overused. when it comes to president clinton, he is a great speechmaker. i, however -- i think it is delusional some of the things he says. look back at his second term in office. he was controlled by the senate. they kept in check. they forced him to cut back. they forced him to reform welfare. that is the success of his second term. i watched him speak and looked up in the stadium, and the whole stadium was giving him a standing ovation. they put the camera on joe biden, and he was still sitting down. and the things he says on a regular basis are just outrageous. this brings me to the next point, he just recently said if republicans get elected, they want to put a black people back in chains. where is the media outrage? p on todd aking u for the comments he made, but nothing about joe biden and the mention of slavery. but basically what akin said is true. people have forgiven him and moving forward. i do not think joe biden asking for forgiveness in
if you look back at the numbers, 41 percent of white males voted for obama. so the charge of racism has been overused. when it comes to president clinton, he is a great speechmaker. i, however -- i think it is delusional some of the things he says. look back at his second term in office. he was controlled by the senate. they kept in check. they forced him to cut back. they forced him to reform welfare. that is the success of his second term. i watched him speak and looked up in the stadium, and...
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crimson tide to the white house to honor their 14th championship, and later on today, the president attending a campaign event right here in washington area. associated press reporting today that the number of people seeking u.s. unemployment benefits dropped last week, but remained higher than it's been in recent weeks. the rise in applications in the past couple of weeks could signal that the job market is slowing, that according to the associated press. you can see the robot is adjusting the camera. we expect leader pelosi shortly. >>> again, we're waiting for minority leader nancy pelosi to come out, speak with reporters gathered here. as you can see a live picture from the u.s. capitol. the radio and television gallery. we expect leader pelosi any moment, we expect her to speak about the business just finished, a vote conducted in the house, passing, giving small business as one-time tax break for small businesses that employ less than 500 workers. although reporters on capitol hill reporting the bill's future in the senate somewhat uncertain. the senate working on reauthorizat
crimson tide to the white house to honor their 14th championship, and later on today, the president attending a campaign event right here in washington area. associated press reporting today that the number of people seeking u.s. unemployment benefits dropped last week, but remained higher than it's been in recent weeks. the rise in applications in the past couple of weeks could signal that the job market is slowing, that according to the associated press. you can see the robot is adjusting the...
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martha: a high-stakes meeting of the white house going on. obama welcoming business leaders. he has had a difficult relationship with wall street throughout the course of his tenure. some of business leaders as well. trying to avert the fiscal cliff by raising taxes. how will that be received? are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. then you may be looking for help in choosing the right plan for your needs. so don't wait. call now. whatever your health coverage needs, unitedhealthcare can help you find the right plan. open enrollment to choose your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so now is the best time to review your options and enroll in a plan. medicare has two main parts, parts a and b, to help cover a lot of your expenses, like hospital care... and doctor visits. but they still won't cover all of your costs. now's the time to learn about unitedhealthcare plans that may b
martha: a high-stakes meeting of the white house going on. obama welcoming business leaders. he has had a difficult relationship with wall street throughout the course of his tenure. some of business leaders as well. trying to avert the fiscal cliff by raising taxes. how will that be received? are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of...
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the real fear on the part of the obama white house specifically is that assad, having failed to stop the two year uprising using conventional military means and having killed an estimated 40,000 people in the process, could now turn to weapons of mass destruction. >>shepard: a valid concern according to the monitors but a problem is the weapons are dangerous for more than just the assad >>reporter: the syrian force whose have access to the weapons and weapons components have the benefit of advanced training monday handling them properly. the czech republic represents interests in syria since we evacuated our embassy, and the czech foreign minister who hosted hillary clinton in prague warned that one of the rebel groups in syria could obtain the chemical weapons and he called that "a danger" as well. defense secretary panetta spoke in september about increased activity being discerned at the same sites. >>shepard: and now the managing director for the washington institute, michael singh. the moving of the weapons, we have discussed this before, is a problem. >>guest: sear -- syria has
the real fear on the part of the obama white house specifically is that assad, having failed to stop the two year uprising using conventional military means and having killed an estimated 40,000 people in the process, could now turn to weapons of mass destruction. >>shepard: a valid concern according to the monitors but a problem is the weapons are dangerous for more than just the assad >>reporter: the syrian force whose have access to the weapons and weapons components have the...
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obama white the palestinians that he spoke very eloquently. he did not mention the palestinians. >> my answer is yes, i believe that the president is fully committed at a palestinian state. yes said that many times. president bush said the same thing many times. i believe it is the united states policy. i do not accept the argument made by many in the region that the united states is incapable of serving as an arbiter our mediator for the intervening party. it is so biased. its history...
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what does guitarist jimmy page plan to say to barack obama? >>> austria has created the world's biggest marine park which restricts mineral exploration and fishing. duncan kennedy has all of the details. >> the area now covered it is bigger than saudi arabia. five zones around australia, from the coral sea in the north to the indian ocean in the west. massive stretches of open water, where fishing and drilling will be all but off-limits. >> we need to appreciate in the years to come we don't want people to only know the magnificence of the russians through aquarium's -- of the magnificence of their oceans. >> the most environmental groups say it is a maritime milestone. >> this is the world's biggest national marine park. it is a new global benchmark that is exciting, the stork, and really day-to-day celebrating the oceans. we should be very proud the decision has been made and we finally have this in place. >>> but parts of the fishing industry have not been so supportive. although the government is offering $100 million of compensation to ta
what does guitarist jimmy page plan to say to barack obama? >>> austria has created the world's biggest marine park which restricts mineral exploration and fishing. duncan kennedy has all of the details. >> the area now covered it is bigger than saudi arabia. five zones around australia, from the coral sea in the north to the indian ocean in the west. massive stretches of open water, where fishing and drilling will be all but off-limits. >> we need to appreciate in the...
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enjoy your new shower. [ door opens, closes ] >>> the obama white house don't blame me for higher gas prices campaign is in full swing as the pain at the pump is taking toll. they conducted interviews with eight stations today. seven of them in 2012 swing states. the average price is up to a national average of $3.76 a gallon for regular unleaded. it's 29 cents higher from a mon ago. two-thirds of americans disapprove with how the president is handling prices. he is weaker against republican candidates from a month ago. if gas prices dropped, it would probably help the president politically. can he count on that. patrick can gasbuddy.com is with us. can he count on that? when people are thinking of how to vote in september, october, down or up? >> well, you know, john, gas prices are only going to go up. any politician that promises lower gas prices should be dealt with skepticism. there's not a lot that can be done. unfortunately, higher prices are here to stay. ramifications not only from iran, but the upcoming driving season is putting pressure on prices. there's not a lot that can
enjoy your new shower. [ door opens, closes ] >>> the obama white house don't blame me for higher gas prices campaign is in full swing as the pain at the pump is taking toll. they conducted interviews with eight stations today. seven of them in 2012 swing states. the average price is up to a national average of $3.76 a gallon for regular unleaded. it's 29 cents higher from a mon ago. two-thirds of americans disapprove with how the president is handling prices. he is weaker against...
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is this your first history of th -- first apology from the white house, charles? >> first in the history of the world, unless you or a rogue state. i wrote something rather in act was last week, that the bust of winston churchill was removed when obama took office. within hours, there was an attack by dan pfeiffer saying that i was peddling a vicious rumors and it essentially vehemently calling me a liar. he says i am a liar because the boss is in the white house residence. i call that the british embassy, and it they said that i was right, that the bust is in the residence of the british ambassador, and the one that pfeifer showed on the blog to convince people that i was a liar was something that had been in the white house for 50 years, a gift to lyndon johnson. >> what do you think of that? >> dan pfeiffer is a big person, one of the rare people in washington who is capable of a public apology. i want to know what happened to the lincoln boss at 10 downing. >> what does this tell you about the organization at the white house, colby? >> they are scared of charl
is this your first history of th -- first apology from the white house, charles? >> first in the history of the world, unless you or a rogue state. i wrote something rather in act was last week, that the bust of winston churchill was removed when obama took office. within hours, there was an attack by dan pfeiffer saying that i was peddling a vicious rumors and it essentially vehemently calling me a liar. he says i am a liar because the boss is in the white house residence. i call that...
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and they claimed his statement was ridiculous and 100% false and he even released this photo on the white house blog showing president obama and prime minister david cameron leaning over a bust of winston churchill back in 2010. the only problem this is not the bust krauthammer was talking about. this is the bust of winston churchill that was presented to bush in 2001. and the bust now resides in the ambassador's office. he did write an update to his blog of a learning he was wrong but our friend charles krauthammer didn't get an apology. and here's the reaction. >> why would he return it in the first place? >> he replaced it with a bust of abraham lincoln, which i'm sure if it had been the other way around you guys would have been -- >> you guys? >> you guys, the conservatives, would have been on him for replacing a good american president with an english man by winston churchill. and you take a good american like abraham andtioning him. >> you know, speaking he has a hof brother, and he was living in like a hut, do you know when he went and visited him, how much do you think president o
and they claimed his statement was ridiculous and 100% false and he even released this photo on the white house blog showing president obama and prime minister david cameron leaning over a bust of winston churchill back in 2010. the only problem this is not the bust krauthammer was talking about. this is the bust of winston churchill that was presented to bush in 2001. and the bust now resides in the ambassador's office. he did write an update to his blog of a learning he was wrong but our...
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we'll show you guest arrivals, including president obama's greeting at the white house and toasts from both leaders. you can see our state dinner coverage live getting under way shortly on c-span. also tonight, remarks from time warner chairman and ceo jeffrey bewkes on how digital media is changing the way americans live. he's speaking at the economic club of washington live at 7:55 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span2. and tomorrow, the senate environment committee holds a hearing on nuclear reactor safety in the 21st century. after last year's nuclear disaster in fukushima japan, witnesses testify on lessons learned and what can be done to prevent another disaster. you can see that live tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> in about ten minutes we'll show you remarks from national economic council director gene sperling. he spoke earlier today at the economic summit hosted by "the atlantic." first, opening remarks from this event with james bennett who serves as editor in chief of "the atlantic" and richard vague of the governors woods foundation. this runs about te
we'll show you guest arrivals, including president obama's greeting at the white house and toasts from both leaders. you can see our state dinner coverage live getting under way shortly on c-span. also tonight, remarks from time warner chairman and ceo jeffrey bewkes on how digital media is changing the way americans live. he's speaking at the economic club of washington live at 7:55 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span2. and tomorrow, the senate environment committee holds a hearing on...
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so having a president like barack obama who understands that cities really do drive our economy, has allowed us to get a much greater share and distribution of resources. seats a matter to our bottom line. every single mayor that is sitting here right now has a budget that is stronger because of the direct support of this administration. it makes a huge difference. >> woodruff: how do you answer that question? >> i agree. i've said many times eye get asked the question a lot because i've been on the campaign trail for the president. and i'll tell you, i tell people, it matters who is in the white house and what majority is in the congress. we've got 600 million dollars in our funding from the federal government under this administration. we got more money for foreclosured homes than virtually any city in the united states of america. we were able to get a $546 million loan. this was this president and, again with the majority, the democratic majority, and then we got bipartisan support for america fast forward which i've talked to you about in the past, the surface transportation bil
so having a president like barack obama who understands that cities really do drive our economy, has allowed us to get a much greater share and distribution of resources. seats a matter to our bottom line. every single mayor that is sitting here right now has a budget that is stronger because of the direct support of this administration. it makes a huge difference. >> woodruff: how do you answer that question? >> i agree. i've said many times eye get asked the question a lot because...
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. >> you report extensively on the obama white house in this book. it seems to me unlike the first three and half years that the president's record is no longer at this center of the kpanl korchl, that it is more what you call the food fight as well as the candidates go at each other, but we do have a 3 1/2-year-record. why isn't he more focused that? >> because it's complicate, deals with lots of economic issues. when this book came out, i was talking to somebody from amazon, one of the people who interview you, and they said -- normally they categorize books as red or blue. i said what do do you with this book. they said it's purple. >> you have both colors out here. >> it's purple because it's an attempt at really neutral reporting and there's lots of stuff in there that the obama team and white house have been up to, that they really don't want to focus on. and lots of stuff that republicans have been up to that they don't -- >> i'll come back to this in one second. there was a political story one week ago in which unnamed romney advisers were tr
. >> you report extensively on the obama white house in this book. it seems to me unlike the first three and half years that the president's record is no longer at this center of the kpanl korchl, that it is more what you call the food fight as well as the candidates go at each other, but we do have a 3 1/2-year-record. why isn't he more focused that? >> because it's complicate, deals with lots of economic issues. when this book came out, i was talking to somebody from amazon, one...
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three days afteree inauguration president obama called congressional leaders to the white house. house minority leader eric cantor arrived with a list of proposals, including immediate reduction in the two lowest individual income tax rates. a tax reduction of 20% on small businesses and making unemployment benefits tax-free, among other things. the president flatly rejected the cantor ideas and according to the book rubbed it in saying quote, elections have consequences, and eric, i won. the president was having trouble with conservative democrats though as well, so house speaker nancy pelosi and senate democratic leader harley reid were working on changes to win up enough democrats. president obama called them on a speaker form saying their efforts to save the economy. they thapblg thanked mr. obama. pelosi hit the mute button and democrats went back to work leaving the president speaking into the ozone. it eventually passed but without a single republican vote. eric cantor later looked back saying he was really surprised, the book says as quote "how badly the white house playe
three days afteree inauguration president obama called congressional leaders to the white house. house minority leader eric cantor arrived with a list of proposals, including immediate reduction in the two lowest individual income tax rates. a tax reduction of 20% on small businesses and making unemployment benefits tax-free, among other things. the president flatly rejected the cantor ideas and according to the book rubbed it in saying quote, elections have consequences, and eric, i won. the...
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. >> all right, president obama chasing the female vote with a women's forum at white house but he said not about the election. and doug has more now. >> good morning, the white house denies there is anything political about today's white house conference on women. but, at the left, it coincides with themes the president's re-election campaign has been pushing to build support among women voters. this will be an official white house event and the president will talk about ways he has helped women through the course of his term comes as democrats have talked about an alleged war on women, especially when it comes to free contraceptive coverage. and white house spokesman business -- bristleed at the suggestion that this is with november in mind. >> there are a number of issues important, women's economy, women's safety, and women's edge, that are important and we are proud to host the conference. >> the white house is looking at presidents like everyone else, and one of them from "usa today" shows that in a dozen swing states the president has an 18-point advantage over romney among women
. >> all right, president obama chasing the female vote with a women's forum at white house but he said not about the election. and doug has more now. >> good morning, the white house denies there is anything political about today's white house conference on women. but, at the left, it coincides with themes the president's re-election campaign has been pushing to build support among women voters. this will be an official white house event and the president will talk about ways he...